WorkshopS
While Global Forum workshops are focused on the needs of the just-graduated 2023 Cohort entrepreneurs and recent CTO Alumni, all professionals in our ecosystem can benefit from - and are welcome to join - these free events!
Wednesday, October 18
Partners Panel Reverse Pitch: "You Survived CTO; What's Next?"
SEE THE RECORDING on Zoom with Chat and Links
SEE THE RECORDING on Box (permanent)
Targeted to recent CTO alumni companies, yet helpful for all professionals in our industry, we present a panel of leaders you need to know!
16 of our ecosystem partners presented programs and opportunities ideal for the Next Steps that a Cleantech Open entrepreneur needs to take.
Partners Participated in order on Video, 5 mins each:
NYU - Urban Future Labs – Austin Evarts, ACRE Incubator
Activate Fellowship – Rick Kempinski, Fellowship Recruitment - Deck and Info
IN2 / NREL - Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator – Catherine Dolezal, Channel Partner & Portfolio Network Lead - Deck and Info
US Green Building Council - Los Angeles – Colin Mangham, Net Zero Accelerator. (Deck and Info)
CalTestBed – Rachel Yu, Senior Program Manager (Applications open to Nov 23)
Community Bank of the Bay – Bill Keller, CEO; Emily Wu, SVP East Bay Regional Manager (See Deck and Video incl Green Fund)
EPRI / Incubatenergy Labs – Dan Killoren, Innovation Hub Program Manager (see 2023 Deck and Prospectus - applications open to Dec 1st)
Greentown Labs – Kayla Goodale, New Member Recruitment
Cradle to Commerce – Dept of Energy, Reshma Singh, Program Director
Breakthrough Energy Fellows – Taylor Carvalho, Senior Associate
NECEC Navigate – Magdalena Wilk, Navigate Director
StartEngine – Harrison Bert, Account Executive
MassCEC – Leslie Nash, Program Director of Technology-to-Market Programming
Evergreen Climate Innovations, f/k/a CET - Clean Energy Trust – Allie Gross, Program Manager
Acterra – Lauren Weston, Leader and Strategist; Fund Development, Planning, Implementation
ChangeNOW Summit - Paris (SEE Aftermovie from 2023) – Garance Aulagne, Global Partnerships Manager
Wednesday, NOVEMBER 15
"How to Attract Customers and Investors - Marketing Your Cleantech Startup"
SEE THE RECORDING HERE
You’ve got great technology, and after Cleantech Open, you now have your business strategy. How do you get your message out into a broader market? How can you improve (or even create) your brand? How can CTO and other cleantech ecosystem partners help tell your story? We’ll look at examples - keeping it real and practical.
Guest alumni speakers from florrent (CTO 2022), which just closed a $2.1m Pre-Seed round and garnered media coverage in Axios, ImpactAlpha and SG Voice.
Jose LaSalle, Founder, CEO, florrent
Joe Hastry, Founder, CFO/COO, florrent
Hosted by: Bettina Grab, CTO National Marketing Chair, and Partner & Chief Growth Officer, Alder Agency